Roll of Honour - Warwickshire

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SHOTTESWELL WAR MEMORIAL

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The memorial is in the form of a stone plaque in the church porch, the entrance to St Laurence Church, Shotteswell.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO WORLD WARS
1914-1918

BONEHAM	Walter	Sergeant 273, 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 8th May 1915. Born Banbury, enlisted Banbury, residence Shotteswell. Son of George and Annie Boneham, Shotteswell. Buried at Rifle House Cemetery, Belgium. The battalion was part of the South Midland Division; landed in Bouglogne 30th March 1915. By 3rd April the Division had concentrated near Cassel, north west France.
HAYNES	Joseph Harold	Private 19117, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 23rd September 1916, Mesopotamia. . Born Shotteswell, enlisted Oxford, residence Shotteswell. Son of Joseph and Jane Haynes, Shotteswell. No known grave. Commemorated on Vasra Memorial, Iraq. The battalion was part of the 6th Poona Division that served in Mesopotamia throughout the war.
NORTON	John Frederick	Private 268078 , 2/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 4th October 1917. Enlisted Rugby, residence Shotteswell. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Norton, Ivy Cottage, Shotteswell. Buried in Sunken Road cemetery, Fampoux, France. The battalion went to France in March 1915 as part of the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division.
PRICKETT	John Thomas	Private 23350 , 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 9th May 1917, aged 23, in Salonika. Born Little Bourton Oxon, enlisted Banbury. Son of Ada J Prickett, Shotteswell. Buried Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece. The battalion was part of the 26th Division; moved to Salonika, Greece on 13-26th November 1915. The Division fought in the Battle of Doiran between 24-25th April and 8-9th May 1917.
STARKEY	Digby Mounteney	Private G/16735, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 21st March 1918. Enlisted Lincoln’s Inn, London. Son of Isabella Starkey, 20 Perry Rise, Forest Hill, London. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, France. The battalion was part of the 39th Division; landed at LeHarvre March 1916. The Division fought in the Battle of Saint-Quentin, France where the German army began their Spring offensive ‘Operation Michael’ on 21st March, 1918.
1939 - 1945
GILBERT	Branwell Mer	Petty Officer Cook D/L 13878, H.M.S. Courageous, Royal Navy. Died 17th September 1939 when HMS Courageous, aircraft carrier was sunk by U29 off the coast of Ireland with loss of 518 crew. Son of James and Bessie Bramwell Gilbery; husband of Louisa Gilbert, Shotteswell. No known grave. Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.
TUCKEY	Reginald John	Lance Corporal 5392727, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed 30th March 1945, age 23. . Son of Percy and Lillian Tuckey; husband Vera Tuckey, Banbury. Buried in Reichswald war Cemetery, Germany. In February the battalion was involved in Battle for the German Rhineland including the Battle of Reichswald near Nurenberg which took place in February /March 1945.
WHITE	Lionel Tom	Trooper 7887533, 7th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Killed 29th May 1942. Place of birth and residence listed as Oxford. Buried Knightsbridge war Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. Knightsbridge, north of the main road from Benghazi to Tobruk was a key position and a pivot on which the armour manoeuvred during heavy fighting which commenced in late May 1942.
PROFFITT WHITE	William	Pilot Officer 160143, 77 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He was killed whilst a Flight Sergeant on a bombing over Berlin in Halifax serial LK709 on 29th January 1944. Cause of loss not established. His promotion to Pilot Officer was gazetted on 14th March 1944. 778288 William Proffitt White (160143). No known grave. Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. The squadron was equipped with Handley Page Halifax bombers and flew out of RAF Elvington, Yorkshire.

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

Last updated 25 December, 2015

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